Who bribed Olmert?

On May  25, 20015, Former prime minister Olmert was sentenced to prison for receiving bribes. It would be incorrect to identify the man who gave  $600,000 in cash envelopes to Olmert as  "​Morris Talansky, ​ an American...

Al-Ahram Weekly: For the First Time, Egypt Admits Sinking the Dakar

Giving Chase to an "Enemy" Sub by Galal Nassar Al-Ahram Weekly 29th October - 4th November, 1998 Heading: A high military official confirmed in the presence of President Mubarak that the Egyptian navy was responsible for the...

Israel Without Apology

Three decades ago, I was a Berkeley New Leftist with a political and personal problem. I had been born in Israel, and, though I didn't consider myself a Zionist, I certainly didn't want to...

A Proposal for Israel’s “National Defense Doctrine” – Without Judea, Samaria and the Golan

Ma'ariv published at the weekend a report about a team which is preparing Israel's new defense doctrine, which will soon be submitted to the prime minister for approval. According to this doctrine, retention of...

What Is to Be Done About Gaza?

http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/done-gaza-2/ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Operation Protective Edge has not weakened or threatened Hamas enough to encourage them to accept a ceasefire. Israel has no choice but to continue to attack Hamas. Talks of reconquering Gaza are...

Washington’s Betrayal

From the beginning of May until last Tuesday, the Palestinians carried out 323 terrorist attacks against Israeli targets. That is an average of 12 per day. These attacks include suicide bombings, penetrations of Israeli...

BACKGROUNDERS ON THE STATE OF CURRENT PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY EDUCATION

Examination: Palestinian fifth and tenth-grade textbooks for the 2004-2005 school year (still in use in 2013) http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/18906 Full PA curriculum, implemented in 2007.: http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=7oJILSPwFfJSG&b=8449859&ct=12479997 Consolidation: Critiques of Wexler Commission Middle East School Book Study http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=5434&q=1 EVALUATION Of the Israeli/Palestinian Schoolbook...

Arab Spring: the revolution has only just begun

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/8980784 /Arab-Spring-the-revolution-has-only-just-begun.html This year, the certitudes of the old Middle East dissolved with unseemly haste. A regional order frozen in place since the death of Egypt’s Colonel Nasser 40 years ago finally thawed. It produced a...

CAPITAL, ISLAMIZATION AND ACADEMIA : Is it naïveté or idiocy?

A huge stream of capital flows to academic institutions in the West. It greases and inflames the next generation of Islamic radicals and academics who will supply them with insights and justifications. This capital...

Should There Be a Price for Rejectionism and Terror?

As a result of the Trump Middle East peace plan, Israelis and their foreign friends and enemies are now heatedly debating the future of the West Bank. In announcing his “vision” of peace in...